I'll be much grateful if you can give me a scientific answer of some sort... Thank you! and by the way, this question comes from my friend.. she need it for her chemistry class.... Thanks!!!!!!!!
2006-09-10 00:05:04 · 10 answers · asked by shinobug_0812 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
I know it is an easy question... but I'm looking for a semi-scientific answer...
2006-09-10 00:22:19 · update #1
For a chemistry class she will need to understand that the dye in some coloured fabrics are water soluble meaning that if you add water to the dye it will dissolve into the water.
If you then take this water with the dye dissolved in it and add another fabric to the water some of the dye in the water will be deposited on the fabric and change it's colour.
If you do this in a washing machine and mix your coloureds and whites then some of the dye in the coloureds will dissolve into the water and precipitate out into the white fabrics. The whites will not be white anymore.
The colour bleeding effect will happen to all fabrics but it will be more noticable on the white ones which is why you wash them seperately.
The extent to which the colour bleeding will happen is dependant on the temperature you wash them at and the detergent you use. In general the hotter the water is the more dye will dissolve. Some detergents are designed to be "colour safe" but I wouldn;t rely on it.
Hope this helps
2006-09-10 01:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by magicblur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if its right, but I think its because the threads in clothes are often dyed, so by washing them some of the color comes out. If a red sock were to be washed with white clothing, the color that comes out of the red sock would go to the white clothing, making it pink! LOL
2006-09-10 07:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by High On Life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the dyes from the colored clothes come off to some degree...and then settle on the white (non-colored) clothes, effectively staining them. If you wanted white, you keep them away from colors.
2006-09-10 07:10:19 · answer #3 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause on white clothing we want to use a warmer water to kill germs and stuff.. what can get the dye off the color clothing, and actually if u run colored and whites, in the color program in the mechine, nothing bad will happen ( as a single guy, thats the way i do it )
2006-09-10 07:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by Grrr Grrr Miao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you wash white cloths with the color cloths, the white clothes will pick up the color that bleeds out from the from the color clothes. Your white clothes will no longer be white.
2006-09-10 07:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whites are usually bleached and washed in HOT water. Colors would be hosed if you bleached them and may shrink on you if washed in HOT water? Also, washing in warm or cold water help maintain the brilliant colors longer.
It also depends on the detergent used. Is it for cold water washing or normal (warm/hot) water? It's a deep subject. Too deep for me.
2006-09-10 07:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the coloured clothes can sometimes run into the white clothes
meaning the colour dye can run or leak outta the clothing when being washed
and you dont wanna end up with off white or coloured whites
2006-09-10 07:08:41 · answer #7 · answered by oz_gurl2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did your mother have any children that ever lived ??? geeezzz us,you keep the cloths separated to keep the colors from bleeding into each other
2006-09-10 07:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by Chemtrail_Sun 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So the color from my red panties
don't bleed into your white T-shirts,
making them pink.
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2006-09-10 07:13:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats what the Jedi Council says :-)
2006-09-10 07:16:00 · answer #10 · answered by SCARLETT 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋